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Alumna Liz Collins 91 TX/MFA 99 created this temporary textiles installation, which draped over the Gil Franklin sculpture Daybreak on the patch of grass known as the RISD Beach. | photo by David O’Connor

This central campus resource serves as a hub for exploring design in nature and the natural connections between art and science, offering students hands-on access to more than 80,000 specimens along with high-end microscopes and aquatic tanks. | photo by Jo Sittenfeld

A former banking hall on the National Register of Historic Places, RISD’s well-used library offers a lovely example of adaptive reuse, along with a large collection of specialized holdings that support research in art, architecture and design.

All first-year students at RISD take three studio courses that meet for 6 hours a day, three days a week: Drawing (as shown here), Design and Spatial Dynamics. | photo by Jo Sittenfeld

Adjunct faculty member and alumnus Kent Rogowski works with Photography majors in a studio course. | photo by Jo Sittenfeld

When the weather is nice, the patch of grass on Benefit Street between Waterman and Angell streets is a popular spot for RISD students to sit, chat, nap, relax and enjoy each other's company. | photo by Jo Sittenfeld

The riverwalk along the Providence River connects several RISD buildings facing the downtown business district.

Furniture Design majors carry various projects on their way to the studio. | David O’Connor

As RISD’s first alumna to serve as president, Rosanne Somerson 76 ID follows in the footsteps of the female founders who established both the college and the museum in 1877. | photo by Jo Sittenfeld

As RISD’s first alumna to serve as president, Rosanne Somerson 76 ID follows in the footsteps of the female founders who established both the college and the museum in 1877. | photo by Jo Sittenfeld